Covid

In China, the world's biggest movement of people is getting under way.Hundreds of millions are on the move to get home for Chinese New Year.But the celebrati...

Chinese New Year celebrations have kicked off around the globe - and especially in China. The festivities usher in the Year of the Rabbit and hundreds of mil...

Reported death toll surges to 72,000 after zero-Covid restrictions lifted; some experts estimate 1m deaths

Thailand is mandating Covid insurance for foreign visitors from countries that require negative RT-PCR test results before returning home, reinstating the entry rule ahead of the likely arrival of Chinese tourists in large numbers.

European nations agreed to recommend imposing new restrictions on travelers from China amid fears of an increase in Covid cases.

Australia and Canada join other countries including the U.S., U.K., India, Japan and several European nations in imposing tougher COVID-19 measures on Chinese travelers amid fears of new variants.

BAZHOU, China (AP) — Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Beijing. Her mother-in-law had COVID-19 and needed urgent medical care, but all hosp...

No new fatalities reported this week, despite numerous reports of overloaded hospitals and crematoriums

COVID-19 cases are surging across China as people take advantage of new freedoms. Nationwide frustration and unprecedented public protests forced authorities to ease quarantine and travel restrictions. But since then more and more people are testing posit...

Cases were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, the director said, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike.

Experts are predicting COVID cases in China will explode after the country ended its strict zero-COVID policy. Here's how the US may be affected.

A week after China began dismantling its tough 'zero-COVID' controls, the World Health Organization warned of "very tough" times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections.

China should change its official name for COVID-19 to reflect the virus' mutation, and patients with light symptoms should be allowed to quarantine at home, a leading authority on traditional Chinese medicine was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

China's zero-Covid policy, which stalled the world's second-largest economy and sparked a wave of unprecedented protests, is now being dismantled as Beijing on Wednesday released sweeping revisions to its draconian measures that ultimately failed to bring...

China announced 10 new measures for dealing with Covid-19 on Wednesday, accelerating its shift away from the zero-tolerance stance that has kept the country isolated from the rest of the world and devastated the economy over the last three years.

Travelers to China no longer have to stay at a centralized quarantine facility for seven days upon arrival. The new rules stipulate a five day quarantine, followed by three days of home observation.s. Chinese health authorities eased some of the country's...